Illuminated manicuring device



Nov. 18, 1969 WEINSTEIN ILLUMINATED MANICURING DEVICE Filed June 9, 1967 IN VENTOR. MIG/.4 M IVE/1V6 7' EM! United States Patent 3,478,763 ILLUMINATED MANICURING DEVICE Miriam Weinstein, 20 Twin Ridges Road, Ossining, N.Y. 10562 Filed June 9, 1967, Ser. No. 644,859

Int. Cl. A45d 29/20 US. Cl. 13275 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to manicuring devices.

One object of this invention is to provide a manicur ing device of the character described, comprising a base which may be placed on a table and formed with a depressed finger groove in which the finger with the nail to be manicured may be placed, a lamp being provided on the base with means to energize the lamp and illuminate the finger when the finger is in the groove, and to auto matically de-energize the lamp when the finger is removed from the groove.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a device of the character described, a base with depressions, in which bottles containing the various solutions to be used in the various manicur-ing operations, are placed.

A still further object of this invention, is to provide a base of the character described which is hollow at its underside and includes a chamber to carry batteries for energizing the lamp,

Yet another object of this invention is to provide in a device of the character described, a spring pressed push button at the bottom of a finger groove, with means to close the switch controlling the lamp when the push button is depressed and to release the switch when the finger is removed from the finger groove.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a strong and rugged device of the character described, which may be operated either by batteries or by a house current, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to use, attractive in appearance and yet practical to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown various illustrative embodiments of this invention,

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a manicuring device embodying the invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a wiring diagram for the device when the electricity is applied by means of a battery; and

FIG. 5 is a wiring diagram illustrating the use of house current to supply electricity for the lamp.

3,478,763 Patented Nov. 18, 1969 "ice DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring now in detail to the drawing, 10 designates a manicuring device embodying the invention. The same comprises a base or stand 11. Said base may be made of plastic or any other suitable material. It has a top wall 12 and a rear wall 13 which may be convex in shape, and inner concave walls 14 connected to the wall 13 by outwardly curved walls or portions 15. The inner ends of the front concave walls 14 are interconnected by a vertical front wall 16. The base may be hollow at its underside but may be formed with a compartment 18 to provide a chamber 19 for a pair of batteries 20.

The compartment 18 comprises a horizontal wall 21 extending forwardly from the rear wall 14, and side walls 22 also extending from said rear wall. The walls 21 and 22 are interconnected by an inner wall 23 and by a bottom wall. 24. The front of the compartment 19 is open, but may be closed by a door 25 hinged to the front edge of the bottom wall 24, by means of a hinge 26 to close the compartment. The door 25 is swung to vertical position and may be held in closing position by any suitable latch 28.

The top wall 12 is formed with a plurality of depressed sockets 30, into which bottles 31 containing nail polish or other solutions used in manicuring fingernails, may be placed. Said top wall 12 is formed adjacent the front wall 16 with a depressed groove 35 extending rearwardly from the wall 16. The groove 35 comprises a transversely curved Wall 36 beveled upwardly and rearwardly as at 37. At the bottom of the curved wall 36 is a round depressed well 37 formed with a central vertical opening 38. Mounted in the well 37 is a push button 39. Said push button 39 comprises a head 40 from which a central stem 41 extends downwardly through said opening 38. Interposed between the head 40 and the bottom of the well, is a coil compression spring 42. The button may be made of nonconducting material. Attached to the inner side of the front wall 16 are a pair of spring contacts 43, 44 having spring fingers extending inwardly. The contact 43 is disposed above and is normally spaced from the contact 44. The lower end of the stem 41 is attached to the contact 43. When the button 39 is depressed, contact 43 engages contact 44 for the purpose hereinafter appearing. When the button is released, spring 42 moves the button 39 upwardly and separates contacts 43, 44.

Mounted on the rear of the top wall 12 is a tube formed with a forwardly curved tubular neck 51 at its upper end, carrying a lamp socket 52. On the neck 51 is a lamp shade 53 so angled, that when a lamp 54 screwed into the socket 52, is illuminated, the rays of light will illuminate a finger placed in the groove 35 to depress the button 39. Within the box 18 and attached to the side of one wall 22, is fixed a strip conductor 60, The batteries 20 have terminals 22a engaging the conductor 60.

Attached to the inside of the other wall 32 are terminals 61 engaging terminals 62 of the respective batteries. Attached to the terminals 61 are wires 63, 64 which pass through a wall 22. Wire 63 is attached to contact 43. Attached to the spring contact 44 is a wire 66 connected to one side of lamp 52. The other contact of the lamp 52 is connected to wire 64. Wires 64 and 66 pass through tubes 50, 51.

The wiring diagram for the battery operated lamp is shown in FIG. 5. When a finger is placed in the groove 35 and presses the button 39 downwardly, contacts 43, 44 are engaged, closing the circuit to the lamp 52. The lamp is thus illuminated and shines on the back of the finger placed in the groove. The operator may then conveniently manicure her nails. As soon as the finger is removed from the groove, the spring 42 raises the push button 39 and opens the switch 43, 44 thereby de-energizing the lamp.

If desired, the lamp 52 may be wired to a plug 70 which may be inserted in any wall socket so that current is supplied to the lamp from the house current as shown by the wiring diagram of FIG. 6.

It will thus be seen that there is provided an article in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings, is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. A manicuring device comprising a base having a flat horizontal top uncovered wall with rear, side and front walls extending down from said top wall, said top wall of said base having a groove to receive a finger to be manicured, and a switch means including a switch element at the bottom of said groove actuatable by placing a finger downwardly in said groove, a lamp on the base extending upwardly from the top wall and offset horizontally relative to said switch, means to direct rays from the lamp downwardly at an inclination onto said finger in switch actuating position, and means controlled by actuation of said switch means by said finger to energize the lamp to illuminate said finger, and to automatically de-energize said lamp when said finger is removed from the switch actuating position on the base.

2. The manicure device of claim 1, said groove being of curved transverse cross-section.

3. The manicure device of claim 2, said groove extending at one end to a front edge of said wall of the base and said lamp extending upwardly from a rear end of said wall.

4. The manicure device of claim 3, the other end of sbaid groove being beveled toward the top surface of said ase.

5. The manicure device of claim 4, said base having a compartment, and said means to energize said lamp including dry battery means disposed within said compartment.

6. The manicure device of claim 5, and means to close said compartment.

7. The manicure device of claim 6, said top wall having depressed sockets, and bottles of manicuring solutions, mounted in said sockets and extending above the top wall of said base.

8. The manicure device of claim 2, said base having a front, a rear and sides, said groove being disposed centrally at the front of the base, said lamp being disposed centrally at the rear of the base, and said base having depressed means at the sides thereof, to receive the lower ends of bottles supported on said depressed means.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,928,035 9/1933 Snyder 13273.5 2,009,561 7/ 1935 Murray. 3,258,853 7/1966 Bradbury 132-735 FOREIGN PATENTS 514,148 10/ 1939 Great Britain.

ROBERT PESHOCK, Primary Examiner J. W. MITCHELL, Assistant Examiner 

